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Android General Programming Microsoft Office Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Running Windows apps on Xiaomi POCO Pad Android 14 tablet via Winlator

March 22, 2025May 16, 2025 ToughDev 0 Comment bosh, dosbox, limbo x86, windows 95, windows 98, wine, winlator

I decided to spend the weekend making full use of my Xiaomi POCO Pad 12″ tablet, which features 8GB of

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General Programming Linux Software Development Vintage Computing 

Dosbian-X 2.0: Turn your Raspberry Pi into a 486DX emulator

February 24, 2025March 17, 2025 ToughDev 0 Comment debian, dosbian, dosbox, ms dos, raspberry pi

I came across Dosbian-X 2.0, an interesting customized version of Debian 12 that boots straight into DOSbox, one of my

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General Programming Microsoft Office Software Development Windows Tips 

Open Windows Write (WRI) files on Windows 11 using legacy versions of WordPad

December 9, 2024February 22, 2025 ToughDev 0 Comment pbrush, rich text format, windows nt, windows write, winword, wordpad

In my previous post a few years ago, I found that CWordPad, a WordPad clone for Windows 98, can open

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General Programming Linux Software Development Tips & Tricks 

Add Docker bash exit prompt to prevent accidental data loss during container preparation

August 22, 2024October 22, 2024 ToughDev 0 Comment bash, debian, docker, linux

During the development of my Docker container image running on Ubuntu, I often type exit after making changes to my

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CodeProject General Programming Software Development Windows Tips 

Integrating DigiCert Click-to-Sign with InstallShield to sign both setup.exe and bundled MSI file

July 10, 2024October 21, 2024 ToughDev 0 Comment click-to-sign, code signing, digicert, installshield, MSI, signtool, smartscreen, visual studio, windows store

All apps submitted to the Windows Store must be signed with Authenticode digital signatures, and consequentially must not generate any

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General Programming iOS Mac OS Software Development VmWare 

Running macOS Sonoma 14 on VMware

January 29, 2024March 16, 2025 ToughDev 0 Comment iphone, macos, sonoma, ubuntu, usb, vmware

This guide shows you how to configure a usable instance of macOS Sonoma on the latest version of VMware, either

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CodeProject General Programming Uncategorized Windows Tips 

Connect a Dell Bluetooth keyboard with both Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22

December 23, 2023January 23, 2024 ToughDev 0 Comment bluetooth, regedit, ubuntu, windows 11

A few months ago, I purchased a Dell Bluetooth keyboard for use with my desktop PC, which has both Windows

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CodeProject General Programming Linux Software Development 

Enable syntax highlighting in Nano for Java Server Pages (JSP)

October 28, 2023November 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment jsp, nano, syntax highlighting

Recently when editing source files on an SSH remote session using nano, I discovered that JSP syntax highlighting is not

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General Programming Reverse-engineer Windows Tips 

Fixing corrupted Code Integrity Policies (CIP) causing Windows 11 slowness on recently downloaded EXE files

October 3, 2023January 16, 2024 ToughDev 0 Comment code integrity policy, windows 11, windows defender

Windows Defender is the first thing that I disable on a new Windows 10 or Windows 11 installations. Despite its

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General Programming Hardware Microcontroller Popular Articles Radio/TV Software Development 

dsMP3, my LW/MW/FM/SW radio with MP3 recording/playback [Part 2 – Firmware Design]

July 19, 2023May 16, 2025 ToughDev 0 Comment ch375, ch376, dspic

UPDATE (May 2025) – Check out Hackaday’s write-up of the dsMP3 project here In my previous post I described how

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CodeProject General Programming Hardware Microcontroller 

Emulating EEPROM using flash memory on dsPIC33EP512MC502

January 17, 2023May 9, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dspic, eeprom, flash, mplab, pickit4, xc16

One thing I don’t like about the dsPICEE3P (and the PIC32MX) lines is that these devices do not have EEPROM

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General Programming Hardware Networking Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Fujitsu Siemens FSC Futro S210 thin client

December 27, 2022September 10, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment fujitsu, Futro, ms dos, thin client, windows 3.11, windows 98

I got from eBay a FSC Futro S210 thin client, which can support up to 512MB RAM, 32GB CompactFlash card

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CodeProject General Programming Hardware Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Powering off a computer using ACPI from DOS

November 30, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment a86, acpi, ms dos

By default, DOS does not come with a command to shut down or power off the computer. Back in the

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CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012

October 15, 2022December 23, 2023 ToughDev 10 Comments c++, dosbox, qemu, winqemu

Earlier this year I managed to get DOSBox-X to boot Ubuntu 9.10, as least as far as dropping into the

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CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Troubleshooting slow C++ debugging with Visual Studio 2022

September 27, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, visual studio

One day I was debugging my C++ application on Visual Studio 2022 when the computer suddenly froze. Upon reboot, IntelliSense

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About ToughDev

Since 2008, ToughDev has been extensively exploring a variety of technical topics—from software development to electronics design. Key areas of focus include Android and iOS programming, VoIP technologies, embedded systems using Arduino and PIC microcontrollers, reverse engineering, and retro-computing.

Recent highlights include running macOS Sequoia on a Dell Latitude, teardown of the vintage Tandy 2500RSX—a powerful 386 system by Tandy Corporation, the Super 8086 Box—a home-built PC XT emulator with full legacy hardware support— and the dsMP3, a custom-designed multi-band radio with MP3 recording and playback.

Got something cool or curious to share? Get in touch—whether it's a retro challenge, embedded puzzle, or deep tech curiosity, I’m always open to fresh ideas and unique projects. You can also learn more about what I do on the About ToughDev page

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